Improvement in stove-legs



BENJAM|N F. ROBERTS. Improvement in Stove-Legs.

Patented May 9,1871.

f/Wf/i/di? s mace-5s) UNITED STATES BENJAMIN F. ROBERTS, OF LAGONA,IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOVE-LEGS.

. Specification forming part of Letters Patent NO. I 14.713, dated May9, 1871.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. RoBERTs, of Lacona, in the county of\Varren and State of Iowa, have invented'a certain new and usefulImprovement in StoveLegs and Fastenings for Same; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart'of the same, and in which Figure lrep resents a vertical centralsection of my stove-leg and fastening; and Fig. 2, a section thereoftaken through the line 00 w of Fig. 1, and looking at same in aninverted po sition.

Similar letters of reference in the two figures indicate correspondingparts of my invention.

This invention appertains to an improved stove-leg and fastening forsame; and the nature thereof consists of an ordinary stove-leg with awedge or other suitably-shaped recess or groove constructed in the lowerside of that portion thereof whi ch enters thecleats attached tothe'bottomof a stove, and an aperture terminating at its lower extremityin said groove, and of a lever having its fulcrum contiguous to andopposite the point where the vertical portion of the leg intersects withits horizontal portion, and from which fulcrum it can be readilyremoved, the end of the horizontal part of said'lever being suppliedwith a tooth or projection, and the vertical portion thereof with aspring, substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains tomake and use the same, I will proceed to describe its construction andoperation.

In the annexed drawings, A designates a stove-leg, the under side of thehorizontal portion of which, or that part which enters the cleatssecured to the bottom of theordinary' stove, is constructed or formedwith a wedge or other suitablyshaped groove or recess, a, by casting orforming said part with two flanges or projections, a a, (see Figs. 1 and2,) which are made to diverge from each other from their front to theirrear ends, the object of which will be seen in connection with the leverhereinafter explained.

B designates a lever, having its fulcrum b secured to the leg Acontiguous to and opposite the point where the vertical portion of saidleg intersects with its horizontal portion. The fulcrum b of lever Bisso constructed and secured to the leg A, as will be seen by reference toFig. 2, that the said lever, by moving it laterally in one direction,can be removed from said leg, the groove a, within which its horizontalportion fits, being of such ashape, as above described, as to permit ofits having said motion. The end of the horizontal portion of the lever Bis provided with a tooth or projection, 12, which passes up through anaperture, a, in the leg A, and enters an aperture or recess which is tobe made in the bot tonrof the stove for its reception when the handle orvertical portion of said lever is pushed forward, thereby locking thestoveleg in place, the said lever being pushed forward and held firmlyin its place by means of a spring, b secured at one end to the saidlever and pressing at its opposite end against the stove-leg. When it isdesired to withdraw or disengage the tooth of the lever from the stovein order to allow the stove-leg to be removed from its place, it is onlynecessary to apply pressure to the handle or vertical portion of thelever in such a manner as to compress its spring, which will permit saidhandle to be pushed inward, consequently depressing the outer end of thehorizontal part of the lever and relieving its tooth from contact withthe stove.

It will be observed that by means of the groove a, the walls of whichare formed by the projections a a, the horizontal arm of the lever B isalways held in such a position as to cause its tooth to readily enterthe opening a in the stove-leg, and prevented from being drawn out ofline with said opening.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Pat cut, is-

1. The stove-leg provided with a wedgeshaped groove and an opening,substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The stove-leg constructed as described, in combination with the leverB, having a spring, 11 and tooth b, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I hereunto setmy hand, this 31st day of January, A. D. 1871, in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

B. F. ROBERTS.

Witnesses:

E. G. BARTLETT, B. D. BROOK.

